Hammock-chair



(No Model.-) J- PURSELL, Sr. 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

HAMMOGK CHAIR. v

Patented May 9,1882.

N, PETERS. Fholo-Lilhugnpher, Wuhingtun, O. C.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. J; PURSELL, .SI'.

HAMMOGK CHAIR.-

Pa;tent ed May 9, 1882.

74 2271 assas ble article of household furniture.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN PURSELL, s3, 01 NEW HAVEN, coNNEorroUT.

HAMMOCK-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,759, dated May 9,1882.

Application filed January 14, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN PURsELL, Sn, acitizen of the United States, residing at New Haven, in the county ofNew Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Hammock-Chairs, of which the following is aspecification.

have produced an adjustable hammock, bed, and chair specially designedfor invalids, and adapted for attachment to and use with a bedstead, orwith rockers, or with a caster-platform. It is likewise adapted for useas a rocking hammock and as a cradle-bed, and its capacity for theseuses renders it a very desira- The hammock is carried by a single frame,and is rendered taut or made to sag by setting the upper end of thehammock higher or lower in said frame, while the hammock-frame isrendered adjustable in relation to its support. This frame is curved toform the back and the front legs whenforming a chair, having insiderack-plates for securing and allowing of the adjustmentof the headroundof the hammock, and outside rack plateswithin which the rear legs areset to support the hammock-frame in position as a chair. The front andrear legs are pivoted and the rear legs run in the outer rack-plates toallow the hammock-frame to be folded with the rear legs.

I Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 represents the hammock-frameadjusted as a chair and hammock; Fig. 2, a vertical section of the same.Fig. 3 represents the hammock-frame adjusted as a bed and as a hammock.Fig. 4 shows the hammock-frame adjusted as a childs cradle-bed, and Fig.5 a vertical section of the same, and Fig.6 a detail of the hammock-rack.

The drawings represent theadjiistable hammock-frame attachment asapplied to rockers; but it is obvious that such attachment may beapplied to a bedstead or to a non-rocking support.

The hammock a is of a length and width suitable for a hammock or bed,and is mounted in a carrying-frame composed of side bars, b b, suitablybraced and connected by cross-barscc at points so as not to interferewith the mounting and hanging of the hammock. The side bars arepreferably of the form of a cyma re- ;versa, and are pivoted at theirlower ends to their supports, which may be the front ends of the rockersA, as shown. The sacking bottom or hammock is mounted upon end rounds, dd, the lower round, d, of which is fixed to and between the front legsof said bars I) b, above or outside of a plane across the upper curvededges of said front legs, b, so as to form the hammock-seat. The upperor head round, at, is adjustable up and down in slotted rack-plates e,secured to the inner sides of the upper ends of the said curvedframe-bars. upper hammock-round is set up or down to give the hammock aposition for use as a chair or hammock, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, andas achilds bed, as shown in Figsetand 5, and to give it tautness for useas a bed and, hammock, as shown in Fig. 3. The slotted rackplates areadapted to receive headed bearings f of the head-round and allow theheads of the hearings to move freely within or behind the plates insetting the round up or down, but prevent the possibility of theaccidental slipping out'of the head-round.

The upper curved end of the carrying-frame is connected with andsupported by the rear legs, g, pivoted at their lower ends to theirsupports, which may be the rockers, as shown, the upper ends of saidlegs 9 being adj ustably connected to the said carrying-framerack-plates. This adj ustable connection isformed b;yslotted rack-platesh, secured to the outer sides of the frame-bars b b and projecting fromthe lower edges thereof, so as to receive headed bearingpins c,projecting outward from the said supporting-legs g and into and throughthe slots of the racks. These slotted rack-plates are of a length toallow the rear legs, 9, to sustain the hammock-frame in the desiredelevated position for a chair or for a hammock, and to allow the saidarms and ham mock-frame to be folded in horizontal positions upon thesupports or rockers for a bed, for a hammock, or for a childscradlc'bed. In this position the rounds 0 of the pivoted rear legs, 9,rest upon the upper edges of the rockers, and the under curved edges ofthe hammock-carrying frame are supported upon the folded legs, the endsof which stand above the rockers, to bring the head-round of the hammockor sacking on a The level, or thereabout, with the fixed round (I whenthe former is in sagged position for a cradle-bed, as shown in Fig. 5.

The hammock-frame and its adjustable supporting rear legs, when used toform a rocking article, as shown, are pivoted to the outer sides of therockers, which are connected by rounds in the usual manner. When used asan invalid-chair or elevated hammock the hammock can be adjusted in arant or sagging'position, as may be desired. When used as a childscradle-bed the hammock head-round is set low down in the rack-plates, soas to sag the bottom between the side bars, I) b; and when said hammockis set in its extended or taut position it will be above the said sidebars, so that itforms both an adjustable and a rocking hammock, chair,and bed. The reverse curved ends of the hammock-frame give the head andseatsupportsfor the hammock-roun ds in proper relation to the front legsand to the hack of said frame, and give the advantage of mountingandadjusting the hammock within a single frame.

The round (I is secured in projections a, ontside of a cross-plane ofthe upper edges of the front legs, I) I so as to form the hammockchairseat, and the front rocker-round, j, forms the foot-rest.

Any suitable foot-rest maybe used, attachet either to side bars or tothe rockers.

I claim- 1. In a reclining hammock-chair, the combination, with thepivoted adjustable frame formin g the front legs, and the back providedwith the inside slotted rack-plates, e, of the hammock a, secured to afixed round, at, of the front legs, and to an adjustable head-round, d,provided with headed bearings f, interlocking with said slottedrack-plates, substantially as described,-for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, with the pivoted adj ustable frame, forming thefront legs, and back provided with the outside slotted rack-plates,

h, and hammock-seat, of the rear pivoted legs, 9, provided with headedbearings i, interlocking with said slotted rack-plates, and means,substantially as described,for connecting the front and rear legs, forthe purpose set forth.

3. The hammock chair and bed herein described, consisting of the pivotedframe provided with inside and outside slotted rackplates, 0 h, thehammock a, the rear pivoted legs, 9, and the rockers A. the upper roundof the hammock and the upper ends of the rear legs having headedbearings interlocking with said slotted rack-plates, substantially asdescribed, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereofI have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JOHN PURSELL, SR.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. W. PUusELL, Junr., JOHN ERICKSON.

